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Chilean Mummies Reveal Ancient Nicotine Habit
LiveScience ^
| June 28, 2013
| Joseph Castro
Posted on 06/30/2013 3:19:01 PM PDT by EveningStar
The hair of mummies from the town of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile reveals the people in the region had a nicotine habit spanning from at least 100 B.C. to A.D. 1450.
Additionally, nicotine consumption occurred on a society-wide basis, irrespective of social status and wealth, researchers say.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: andes; archeology; chile; godsgravesglyphs; mummies; nicotine; peru; precolumbian; smokingiscool
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